Wow! I thought I was busy before but when we went to Portland Art & Soul we came home with the worst flu by far we’ve ever had. Now an entire month later, I’m actually back working on the book projects. This week I’m getting the cover candidates ready to ship off. I’m most excited about one project in particular which I’m pretty sure will be the cover piece. I did a 180 on what I was going to put inside and it really turned out amazing looking. Surprised me!!!
Just goes to show (once again!) that often pieces already know what they want to be and sometimes our job as artists is just to discover what that is. And accept it! I hear this so much that an artist will start out making something one way and then it goes in a completely different direction. I wonder why that happens.
Here is one of many great quotes from Michelangelo “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”
And speaking of Michelangelo quotes “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” Wouldn’t it have been amazing to have known this man!!! Truly someone with a great share of gifts.
Oh and another little bit of news about the book is I think we *finally* came up with the title. I really like it and hope it flies with all the powers that be at North Light. Apparently the first meeting about it is this Thursday but that’s not the final word. Oh well eventually I’ll know what it will be called. : )
For some reason I just recalled a really fun (and demented) interactive site. It’s been around for years but just in case you don’t know about it here it is. The Subservient Chicken
It is so fun to tell this big ol’ chicken what to do. Here he is ready to do your bidding
Here he is doing jumping jacks
And the chicken has amazing powers! When I type in ‘dark’ he dims the light in the far corner just by his will alone.
But my very favorite thing is to tell him to do something naughty (I’ll leave that to your imagination what I asked him to do). He comes right up close and scolds me for the offensive command. hehehe
OK back to work and thanks for letting me ramble a while. It feels good to be back feeling like myself for the most part. I don’t know if that was H1N1 or what but I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
alteredbits said,
November 4, 2009 at 5:53 pm
hehehehehahahaha. i told him to “j-o” and he gave me the naughty finger!
i can’t wait to see your cover piece and i hope THAT title is the very title that it will be. i do, i do! it’s a great title and a very good fit, me thinks.
call me if you have a sec.
xx
remnants said,
November 5, 2009 at 3:50 am
Well you are quite naughty to say such a thing to an innocent chicken. : )
Lisa Jurist said,
November 5, 2009 at 3:04 am
he’s not very athletic cause i told him to do 25 pushups and he barely did 4 and he can’t stand on his head either..
remnants said,
November 5, 2009 at 3:51 am
That’s funny I told him to stand on his head also and he just went over to the far corner and rested his head against the wall. What a bird brain!
Donna Watson said,
November 5, 2009 at 3:08 am
what a fun post about the chicken website. I returned from Japan I week ago and came down with a bad sinus cold— so took me awhile to get to my blog world. Loved my trip very very much and plan a number of posts.
remnants said,
November 5, 2009 at 3:53 am
Oh WOW! That’s right you went to Japan!!! How insanely cool is THAT!!! I’m sure your posts will be amazing Donna!